Insect-gathering machine.



No. 798,365. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. J. H. FOGLE. INSECT GATHERINGMACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 19, 1904.

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PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

J. H. POGLE. INSECT GATHERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. 1904.

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Inventor Witnesses Jawm/fjZZe Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HENRY FOGLE, OF DELHI, TEXAS.

INSECT-GATHERING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,365, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed August 19, 1904. serial No. 221.420.

1 (all when] it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H ENRY FoeLn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Delhi, in the county of Caldwell and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Insect-Gathering Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of devices which are used forcatching and destroying harmful insects, such as boll-weevils and thelike; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class whichshall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability,and general efliciency.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which willbe hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of embodiment of the invention, it being, however, understood thatno limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural detailstherein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes,alterations, and moditications which come fairly within the scope of theinvention and to which recourse may be had without departing from thespirit or sacrificing the advantages of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofaninsect-gatheringmachine constructed in accordance with the principlesof the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 1s arear elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspectivedetail view, on an enlargedscale, of one of the gathering-pans detached.

Correspondingparts in the several figures are indicated by similarcharacters of reference.

The improved device which is the subject of my invention is preferablyattached for operation to an ordinary wheel-cultivator, which in theaccompanying drawings is designated (1, 1 representing the axle, 2 L-the wheels, 3 the tongue, and 4: 4: the cultivator-beams, all of whichmay be of any well-known and approved construction, the beams beingprovided in the usual manner with plow-carrying standards 5 and withhandles 6, whereby they may be conveniently manipulated.

6 6 designate two flat elongated pans, which are adapted to be disposedadjacent to each other a sufficient distance apart to admit of thepassage between them of the stems or stalks of the plants that are to beoperated upon. Said pans are rounded at their front ends from theirouter in the direction of their inner sides, so that when the pans areplaced together for operation the plants which are to be operated uponwill readily pass in between the same. Each of these pans is providedwith a plurality of transverse slats 7, and each of said pans contains aclosely-fitting drawer- 9, insertible from the rear end and confinedbetween the sides and bottoms of the pans and the transverse slats,which latter extend across the open drawers. It is obvious that the panswill be constructed with open rear ends in order to admit oftheinsertion and removal of the drawers 9. The latter are adapted tocontain fluid, such as crude oil, which is not only destructive toinsect life, but which also will serve to prevent insects, larvae, andthe like which drop into the drawers from escaping. The cross-slats 7 ofthe respective pans may be comparatively frail; but each of said pans isprovided with a pair of cross-braces l0 and 11, located, respectivcl y,between the rear and front ends thereof, each of said braces beingprovided with an upright 12.

The means for attaching the twin pans just described for operation to awheel-cultivator includes a pair of collars 13, clamped upon thevertical members of the arched axle, each of said collars being providedwith an outwardlyextending arm I L, upon which is pivotally mounted arocking member or bell-crank lever L, having a forwardly-extending longarm and a downwardly-extending short arm 16. The lever-arms 16 areconnected with the cultivator-beams by means of rods 25.

Connected with the cultivator-beams 4 i by means of clips or clamps 17is a cross-bar 18, carrying a pair of cuffs 19, each consisting of aplug having perforations 20 and 21 at right angles to each other, theperforations 20 serving to engage the rod 18, upon which the said cuffsare secured by means of set-screws 22. The perforations 21 are for thereception of the uprights 12, rising from the cross-braces at the rearends of the pans, said uprights being retained adjustably in saidperforations by means of set-screws 23. The uprights 12, rising from thecross-bars 11 at the front ends of the pans, are connected adjustablywith the long arms 15 of the bell-crank levers L by means of cars orbolts 24, for the passage of which suitable perforations are provided.

Suitably suspended from the arched axle 1 of the cultivator is a bar 30,adapted to contact with the tops of the plants, which are thereby shakenand agitated, thus causing the insects, together with the infestedsquares, loose leaves, and the like, to be knocked off the plants andinto the pans of the device.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed.

It will be seen that this improved insectcatching device is capable ofbeing readily attached to or connected with any wheel-cultivator ofordinary construction. When the cultivator is drawn over the field inthe act of cultivating the plants, the stems or stalks of the latterwill pass between the pans, and the plants being agitated by contactwith the knocker-bar and other parts of the device the insects, larvae,infested leaves, and the like'will drop between the slats 7 into thedrawers in which liquid has been placed, as aforesaid. When the drawershave been filled, they may be readily removed and fresh ones placedin-position without making it necessary to stop for'the purpose ofcleaning out the pans. The latter, as will be seen, are capa- -ble ofadjustment vertically, and the rear ends of said pans may likewise beadjusted laterally upon the supporting-rod 18. Whenas for example, atthe end of a rowthe cultivator-beams are raised and supported in anelevated position while the machine is being turned, the pans willlikewise be elevated, the connecting-rods 25 serving to push the shortarms of the bell-crank leversL in a forward direction, thus elevatingthe front ends of the long arms 15, from which the front ends of thepans are suspended, while the rear ends of the pans are naturallyelevated along with the cultivator-beams from which they are suspended.The pivotal connection of the front rod 12 with the lever-arm 15 permitsthe pans to swing or sway during the operation of the device in such amanner as to impinge upon the plants and assist in shaking the &c., todrop into the pans.

latter sufiiciently to cause the insects, larvae, It is preferred thatthe pans be provided at their outer edges with upstanding flanges 26 toprevent insects from escaping over said outer edges.

It is not absolutely necessary that the insectcatching device be used inconnection with a cultivator, inasmuch as it may without departing fromthe spirit of the invention be connected with a simple wheel-supportedframe of suitable construction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a deviceof the class described, the combination of a wheeled frame having anarched axle, bell-crank levers pivoted upon the vertical members of saidaxle, beams connected hingedly with said axle, insect-gathering pans,uprights connecting the front ends of the latter with theforward-extending arms of the bell-crank levers, and means forsuspending the rear ends of said pans from the beams.

2. The combination with a wheel-cultivator having an arched axle, ofbell-crank levers pivoted upon the vertical members of the axle of saidcultivator, a transverse rod connected with the cultivator-beams, cuflsadjustable upon said transverse rod, insect gathering pans, means forconnecting the front ends of said pans ad j ustably with theforward-projecting arms of the bell-crank levers, means for connectingthe rear ends of said pans adjustably with the cuffs, and rodsconnecting the cultivator-beams with the downward-projecting arms of thebell-crank levers.

3. In a device of the class described, a wheelcultivator having anarched axle, collars supported upon the vertical members of said axleand having outwardly-extending arms, bellcrank levers pivotally engagingsaid arms, rods connecting the downwardlyextending arms of saidbell-cranks with the cultivatorbeams, transverse rods connecting saidbeams,

cufls adjustable upon said transverse rods, in-

sectgathering pans, and suspending means adjustably connecting the frontends of said pans with the forward-extending arms of the bell-cranklevers and the rear ends of said pans with the cuffs adjustable upon thetransverse rod connecting the cultivator-beams.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENRY FOGLE.

Witnesses Lnx l.\/lAGEE, CAREY SMITH.

